Will Smith Hits Back At Oscars Slap Critics In Music Video: 'You Can't Cancel No Icon!'

The rapper addressed his infamous award show moment in a barbershop-like debate on a cut off his new album.

Will Smith cut into critics on Monday in a new music video, blasting claims that he’s “canceled” just over three years after he infamously slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars.

The rapper shared visuals for “INT. BARBERSHOP - DAY” — the opening song off his first new album in two decades — in which he portrays several characters taking part in a mock barbershop debate on his reputation.

“Will Smith is canceled,” said Smith, dressed in a wig while holding clippers and a comb as if he were a barber.

“Oh, you can’t cancel no icon,” replied the actor, dressed as a different barber in a pair of sunglasses.

Smith, returning as the barber in the wig, said he’d “never forgive” the actor for the “shit he did.” Another one of Smith’s characters, dressed as a child, claims the actor won an Oscar, but he “had to give it back” (Actually, Smith kept the Oscar statuette from his 2022 Best Actor win despite his 10-year ban from the awards show).